Karl Holz

Karl Holz (27 December 1895-20 April 1945) was the Nazi Party gauleiter of Franconia under Nazi Germany.

Biography
Karl Holz was born on 27 December 1895 in Nuremberg, German Empire, and he worked as a clerk before serving in the Imperial German Army on the front against France during World War I. In 1922, he joined the Nazi Party along with Julius Streicher, and he became an editor for Streicher's Der Stuermer newspaper, promoting anti-Semitism. In 1934, he became the new Gauleiter of Franconia for the NSDAP, and he was responsible for "Aryanizing" the city's businesses. In April 1945, Holz barricaded himself in a building in Nuremberg as US Army troops closed in, and he was killed when US troops overran the building.